Index for Album F-2001-07-04: Foraging - Jul 04, 2001

Foraging in Forest Park, Queens. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill. For more on foraging see foraging.com.

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Number Thumbnail Caption
1 Burdock.
2 Burdock root.
3 Wood sorrel.
4 Common nightshade - Poisonous.
5 Plantain.
6 Wineberry. A couple weeks too early.
7 Garlic mustard seeds.
8 Garlic mustard seeds.
9 Poison ivy.
10 Wineberry.
11 Burdock, 2nd year.
12 Berkeley's poly pore mushroom. Too old to eat. Now tough and bitter.
13 Berkeley's poly pore mushroom. Too old to eat. Now tough and bitter.
14 Unknown, possibly very old Berkeley's.
15 Turkey tail mushroom. Not edible.
16 Common spice bush. Berries not ready until Fall. Can crush leaves and make tea.
17 Common spice bush. Berry closeup.
18 Jewelweed patch.
19 Jewelweed close up. See the jewels sparkle?
20 Red cracked bolete.
21 Two color cracked bolete. Choice.
22 Another bolete. Turning blue quickly. No good to eat.
23 Two color bolete. Turns blue slowly.
24 Two color bolete. Turns blue slowly.
25 Earth ball mushroom. Will be black insider. Poisonous. (Push ball are white inside.)
26 Plater file mushroom. Terrible tasting.
27 Indian pipe. Not edible. No chlorophyl. So is white. Is parasitic.
28 Milky mushroom. One of the best mushrooms, says Wildman.
29 Milky mushroom.
30 Milky mushroom.
31 Fawn mushroom. Awful tasting.
32 Russula mushroom.
33 Chanterelle.
34 Artist's mushroom. Too tough to eat. Can stratch on it and draw.
35 Small garlic mustard.
36 Black birch. Chew on twigs. Like wintergreen.
37 Black birch. Chew on twigs. Like wintergreen.
38 Grape leaves.
39 Black raspberry. Stem has bluish powder on it.
40 Black raspberry closeup.
41 Chicken mushroom.
42 Sassafras tree trunk.
43 Sassafras leaves.
44 Berkeley's poly pore.
45 Blushers, amanetas. Don't eat, as it is too close to a deadly one.
46 Red cracked bolete.
47 Two colored bolete. Choice.
48 Russula. Tasteless.
49 Amaneta. White variation of cleft foot. Turns brown. Very poisonous.
50 Chestnut bolete. Doesn't turn color. Can eat.
51 Green quilted russula. Good to eat.
52 Bitter boletes.
53 Red mouthed bolete. Makes you sick.
54 Pokeweed. Edible in Spring if prepared properly.
55 Chicken mushrooms.
56 Chicken mushrooms.
57 Chicken mushrooms.
58 Immature black walnut.
59 Mulberry.
60 Mulberry. Closeup.
61 Sweet cicely. A little late in the year with ..?
62 Sweet cicely. A closeup.
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